Neil, Dario and guest presenter Mark Jenkin discuss the work of Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami particularly focusing on his 1990 'documentary' Close-Up. Having recently passed away the love and reverence for Kiarostami in the international film community was starkly apparent by the depth and breadth of tributes to him. Having watched many of his films we discuss his legacy, status and the vibrancy of filmmaking from Iran despite the hugely difficult social and political conditions.
This episode also features an interview with Iranian Filmmaker Mania Akbari. After collaborating with Kiarostami on Ten as an actress, along with her son, Akbari has gone on to a directorial career of her own, making provocative films (along with art exhibitions) that are expressly feminist in nature tackling issues such as memony, identity, the body and sexuality all with an uncompromising personal underpinning.
Show Notes
The Most Fatal Attraction: Kiarostami's Close-up revisited - Coco Ferguson
Mania Akbari's Website
Eyes Without a Face (with academic Matt Smith)
Robocop
Essay Film Now
2016 review
Gremlins (plus an interview with Lola Landekic)
The War Room (with filmmaker George Amponsah)
Lost in Translation (with Melody Bridges and Violet Lucca)
Knowing Sounds: Podcasting as Academic Practice
Before Sunrise (with film reviewer Ren Zelen)
Memento
Broken Embraces
Summer Special
Old Joy/I am Belfast (plus an interview with Mark Cousins)
The Last Detail (with film critic Christina Newland)
Ex_Machina
20000 Days on Earth (with director Kieran Evans)
Mad Max
Blue Steel (with director Kim Longinotto)
Le Quai des Brumes
The Hunger (with directors the Blaine brothers)
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